"Theme from A Summer Place" as sung by Jasper Beardsley in the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" of Season 5 of The Simpsons (1993)
The Simpsons is my favorite TV show, now and forever. The proof is tattooed on my fanny. Over the years, the show has had dozens of funny songs: "See My Vest", "We Put the Spring in Springfield" and "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart". I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but the one that has easily made me laugh the most is Jasper's rendition of "Theme from A Summer Place."
A Summer Place was a popular movie in the 1950s. Its string laden theme, an instrumental everyone has heard before, even became a number one hit on the Billboard charts, back when instrumentals had such lofty goals. What makes Jasper's version so funny is that he is singing an instrumental song by inserting lyrics. Simply "Theme from A Summer Place/from a Summer Place/the Theme from A Summer Place/It's the Theme..."
Hilarious. Ridiculous. Gets me every time.
See for yourself.
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